PROFILES

• Bail Bondsmen: Best Friend or Worst Enemy
• Mandi Wirtanen's World of Beads
• Q&A with Tommy Silva
  
• This Designer Will Make Jewelry Out Of Pretty Much Anything
  
• Q&A with Gretchen Carlson
  
• Will Hillenbrand
  
• John Morris Russell
  
• Cincinnati Rollergirl Sailor Scary
  
• New Executive Chef at the Metropole Had a Long Road 
  

​​​​​FEATURES​ ​[Cincinnati Magazine unless otherwise noted]​

• The University of Cincinnati's Changing Landscape (1/2018)
  
• Victims' Families Fight the Death Penalty (America Magazine, 12/2017)
  
• Matthew 25: Disaster Relief Powerhouse (December, 2017) *Award winning
  
• Lords of Newport: Evolution of an Unsanctioned Skatepark (May, 2017)
  
• See Yvette Run: Mayoral Candidate Yvette Simpson (January, 2017)
  
• The Fight of Their Lives (November, 2016) *Award winning
  
• Is Dayton Street The Next OTR? (November, 2016)
  
• Everything But The House is an online estate sale machine (September, 2016)
  
• The Rusty Griswolds Keep the 80's Alive, One Journey Cover at a Time (July, 2016)
  
• Kroger's ClickList Brings Grocery Shopping Into the 21st Century (May, 2016)
  
• 84.51°: Inside The Most Intriguing New Building In Town (August, 2015)
  
• Room At The Inn: History of the Anna Louise Inn (July, 2015)
  
• Breaking the Glass Newsdesk: The Anchorwomen of Cincinnati (May, 2015)
  
• Screeeeeeam! An Oral History of The Beast (May, 2014)
  
• His Dark Materials (January, 2014)
  
• Automatic for the People (July, 2013)
  
• Movin' on Up-Or Not (September, 2012)
  
• Room With a View (March, 2011)
  

BUSINESS [Cincinnati Business Courier]

• Clemons Puts Local Knowledge to Work...
  
• For Middletown's City Manager, Business as Usual Isn't an Option
  
• Cedar Village Adds $2.4 million Aquatic Therapy Center
  
• Hilton Ushers in West Chester Hotel Boom
  
• Middletown Sees Growth in Chemical Industry
  

TOP DOCTORS / MEDICAL​

• HOPE for Addicted Moms
• Future Generations: Preserving Fertility in Cancer's Youngest Patients
  
• UC Team Treats a Rare Form of Skin Cancer
  
• Music Therapists Create Heartbeat Keepsakes for Grieving Families
  
• Cincinnati Children's Transforms Toys Into Mobility Machines for Little Kids With Big Problems
  
• New Approaches to Treating PTSD For Veterans... and Civilians
  

RECENT WORK

LISA K. MURTHA

AWARD-WINNING WRITING FOR PRINT & VISUAL MEDIA

OPINION:

• This Killer Turned Prison Chaplain Shows What's Wrong With the Death Penalty - America Magazine
  
• What It's Like Celebrating Easter Behind Bars - America Magazine
  

​​HISTORY AND COMMUNITY

• Are You Ready for the Cincinnati Neighborhood Games?
• In Race to Renovate, Many Historic Homes Falling Behind
  
• Open the Doors and See All the People
  
• Scripps: Once, They Bought Ink by the Barrel
  
• Spencer: Showing a City How to Do the Right Thing
  
• The Lindner Family: From Milk Money to The Fortune 500
  
• Next Hot Neighborhoods: Over The Rhine North
  
• Next Hot Neighborhoods: Westwood
  
• Next Hot Neighborhoods: Newport and Covington
  

​​ARCHITECTURE & REAL ESTATE​ [Cincinnati Magazine]

Note: I've been writing in this genre since 2010; in the fall of 2018, I began writing Cincinnati Magazine's weekly home and lifestyle blog, At Home, as well. To see my most recent work in this genre, please visit my author page on Cincinnati Magazine's website.​

• A Tiny MCM Gem in Finneytown
  
• Six Bedroom Stunner in Watch Hill
  
• Bungalow on the Banks of the Ohio River
• 8K Construction Is Rescuing Cincinnati's Historic Homes
  
• Ben Dombar's Own Mid Century Modern Home
  
• A Mansion Fit For An 80's Bond Villain
  
• Great Sumer Road Trips: Cincinnati (Chicago Magazine)
  
• Pre-War Digs at the Grasmoor
  
• This Indian Hill Home Has an Indoor Basketball Court
  
• On The Market: Stony Run Farm
  
• Cottage Life in Mariemont
  
• ​A Church to Call Home
  
• A Carl Strauss Gem in Indian Hill